Door-hanger track.



A. J. EGGLESTGN.

DOOR HANGER TRACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.16, 1911.

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ALL EIQ' J. EGGLESTQN, Q AUBQEA, ILLINGIS.

DOOR-HAN GER TRACK.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALLEN J. Eeenns'ron, citizen of the United States, residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hanger Tracks,-

. which constitute the essential features of my invention is to provide a one-piece track that will provide a suite le. run-way for the door-hanger mounted therein, and eli ectively exclude rain, snow and sleet from the upper edge of the door suspended from such hangers; also to so erect the track that the same elements cannot enter between the track and the face of the building from which it is hung or supported.

A further object is to provide a bracket which will furnish an eiiicient brace and support for the track and cooperate wit the latter in its weather-excluding function.

In the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this application :-Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved track and supporting bracket with portions" of a sliding door and. the structure on which the track is erected; '2 is a view. partly in section and partly in end eleva-v tion, showing my improved track and bracket with a door-hanger of conventional form in operative position the bracket being slightly modified from the form shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the details of the drawing, 3 represents the wall of a barn, and i shows so much of a barn'door as is necessary illustrate the relative arrangement and ad top 5 and terminates in an outwardly flaning portion 5. At thetop of the bracket is a vertica flange 5 which is provided with one of the e la ("3 which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 16, 1911.: Serial No. 660,655.

Patented Aug. 27, 19112.

i 3., similar flange 5 extends downwardly from the bottom of thebracket.

Projecting rearwardly at the upper end. of the back wall 5 is an angular shoulder 5 which extends the full width of the bracket and enters a suitable recess formed inthe wall of the structure when the track is erected, the depth of the recess being sufficient to bring the rear face of the flanges flush with the face of the wall to which the bracket is bolted.

The track 7 is arranged within and supported by a suitable number of the brackets described. This track is formed of sheet metal so as tolitsmigly the inner walls of the brackets, and has a curved bottom or tread portion 7 which rests upon the vbase 5 of the bracket. The top 7' of the track inclines downwardly and the front wall 7 extends below the bottom of the track and overhangs the upper edge of the door t so as to effectually protect both track and' top of door from the elements.

Track end closures, stops and other devices commonly employed with the type of hangers to which my invention belongs are not shown because they are well known expedients in the art and form no part of my invention.

It will be apparent that when my improved track is properly erected so as to take advantage of my invention, there will be no open joint between the top of the track and the wall of the structure to which it is secured.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. A track 9f the class described consistoutwardly from the supporting structure,

an inclined front wall overhanging and extending below the plane of the wheeltread, and means for supporting said track.

2. A track consisting of a single piece of metal bent to form a concave wheel tread portion, a rear wall, and downwardly and outwardl y inclined top and front walls,

? with the edge or" the front wall extending ioo below the plane of the wheel-tread, and

means for supporting said track.

In a doonhanger, a track consisting of a single piece of metal bent to term a con- "cave wheel tread portiom a rearwardly olined back-Wall, a downwardly inclined top Wall, and a front Wall substantially parellel with the rear Wall and having its edge extending below the plane of the tread portion and spaced therefrom, and means for supporting said track.

4. In a door-hanger, a track having a Wheel-tread portion along its inner edge, and an outwardly and downwardly inclined Wheel housing overhanging said tread-portion, the outer edge of said housing extending below the plane of the tread portion, and a bracket for said track adapted to fit closely the Walls of the track and having a rear- Wardly extending projection at its top adapted to be recessed in the Wall of the structure with which it is connected for the purpose set forth.

5. In combinat on, a door-hanger track consisting of a single piece of metal bent to form a Wheel-tread along one edge offset from the struoturre on which said track is supported, and having a straight rear- Wardly inclined back Wall, and straight downwardly and outwardly inclined top and front Walls, and a bracket having walls conforming in shape to the Walls of the track, having portions adapted to be secured to a supporting structure, and having a rearwarclly extending shoulder at the junction of the back Wall and to .Wall.

In testimony whereof I a ix my signature in the presence of two witnesses ALLEN J. EGGLESTQN, l Vitnessesz i W. EIoHnLMAn, M. A. MILORD.

fiogies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner at Patents,

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